When I Fall, I Will Arise

This Scripture found in Micah has been one of my favorites.

"Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me." (Micah 7:8)

As Christians, we don't want to think that anything bad will ever happen or that we will ever fall, yet we do. I am not talking about falling into sin; I am talking about stumbling and falling and getting knocked down by something that the enemy throws our way. Yet, we have this awesome promise from God that we can declare to our enemy when we are attacked: "Don't rejoice over me, devil, for God says that when I fall, I shall arise; when it is darkest in my life, my God will be my light... (more)

It is the time of year when the warm days are coming back to the northern lands, and this means that my wife Lydia and I have been gardening. My wife has planted her garden boxes and her flower beds. There is so much new life taking place around us – it's so wonderful. Many of the plants and flowers are like old friends so it brings us joy to see new life appearing again.

We had our home built back in 2017. The property was stripped of all trees. When we came here it was very sad because, at our old house, we had gardens that were very mature; trees stood over forty feet tall and a lot of the plants we inherited were healthy and growing. All we had to do was maintain what others had already planted. I even had a swing hanging from one of our trees at our last house and my children spent many hours flying through the sky on it...I still remember their laughter... (more)

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